LOST (SEASON 1)

'Lost's first season' first aired in the USA and Canada from September 22, 2004 to May 25, 2005 and contained 24 episodes. The executive producers for the first season were J.J. Abrams, Damon Lindelof, Bryan Burk, Jack Bender and Carlton Cuse.^[1] The season was produced by Touchstone Television (now ABC Television Studio), Bad Robot Productions and Grass Skirt Productions and was aired on the ABC Network in the United States. In addition to the twenty-four regular episodes in season one, a special, "", was aired on April 27, 2005.^[2]
The first season was nominated for twelve Primetime Emmy Awards. They would win six: "Outstanding Casting for a Drama Series", "Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series", "Outstanding Drama Series" (J.J. Abrams), "Outstanding Music Composition for a Series (Dramatic Underscore)" (Michael Giacchino), "Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Drama Series" and "Outstanding Special Visual Effects for a Series". Terry O'Quinn and Naveen Andrews would receive nominations in the "Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series" category.^[3]
The pilot episode garnered 18.6 million viewers, easily winning its 9/8 central timeslot, and giving ABC its strongest ratings since 2000 when ''Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?'' initially aired — beaten only the following month by the premiere of ''Desperate Housewives''.^[4] Based on its strong opening, Reuters dubbed it a "hit drama" noting that "the show appeared to have benefited from an all-out marketing blitz that included radio spots, special screenings and ABC's first billboard advertising campaign in five years."^[5] After four episodes aired, ABC announced ''Lost'' had been picked up for a full season order.^[6]

Contents

Cast

List of episodes

References

See also

Cast

The initial season had 14 major roles getting star billing. Naveen Andrews portrayed former Iraqi Republican Guard Sayid Jarrah. Emilie de Ravin played the pregnant Australian Claire Littleton. Matthew Fox acted as the troubled surgeon and protagonist Jack Shephard. Jorge Garcia portrayed Hugo "Hurley" Reyes, an unlucky lotto winner. Maggie Grace played Shannon Rutherford, a former dance teacher. Josh Holloway acted as con man James "Sawyer" Ford. Yunjin Kim played Sun-Hwa Kwon, the daughter of a powerful Korean businessman and mobster, with Daniel Dae Kim as her husband Jin-Soo Kwon. Evangeline Lilly portrayed fugitive Kate Austen. Dominic Monaghan acted as an ex-rock star drug addict Charlie Pace. Terry O'Quinn played the mysterious John Locke. Harold Perrineau portrayed construction worker Michael Dawson, while child actor Malcolm David Kelley acted as his young son, Walt Lloyd. Ian Somerhalder played Boone Carlyle, chief operating officer of his mother's wedding business and step brother of Shannon.
Numerous supporting characters have been given expansive and recurring appearances in the progressive storyline, including: L. Scott Caldwell as Rose, Mira Furlan as Rousseau, Kimberley Joseph as Cindy, Fredric Lane as Mars, William Mapother as Ethan, Daniel Roebuck as Dr. Arzt and John Terry as Christian. Ana Lucia, played by Michelle Rodriguez, would make her first appearance this season, and she would become a major character during the second season.

List of episodes

#	Title	Directed by	Written by	Featured Character(s)	Original airdate

References

;General

★ ''Lost'' Episode Guide at ABC.com

★ ''Lost'' Episodic Press Releases at ABC Medianet

★ ''Lose'' Season 1 episode guide at TV.com
;Specific
1. Producers
2. Hiatus a headache for ‘Lost,’ ‘Wives’ fan Gael Fashingbauer Cooper
3. Emmy Awards official site "Lost" "2005 - 2005" ''emmys.org''. Retrieved on September 6, 2007
4. ABC, Eye have quite some night Rick Kissell
5. ABC May Have Found a Hit in 'Lost' Steve Gorman
6. ABC stays "Lost" and "Desperate" Josh Grossberg

See also